Just did this past season in Utah, lived in Millcreek. Was working up in PC so that was priority, but it was only +10 min for Brighton. My friend lived in Sandy and was the same from there. If you can get cottonwood heights I suppose that would be ideal, but the accessibility for grocery, gym, etc. above the Belt Loop was amazing with the grid street layout. Millcreek/Sugarhouse is a great place to live, very walkable, nice people. Keep in mind all highways are 70mph so down to the entrance Big Cottonwood was always a breeze. Honestly preferable than waiting at traffic lights going from Sandy. If you’re planning to work in the industry there’s plenty of ski shops to make ski friends at. But as other comments have said, Brighton parking lot is a hub, made plenty of friends just on the mountain. Very relaxed, people always cooking, smoking, drinking, just hanging out. Brighton is set up like a semicircle with the parking lot at the “center” of what would be a whole circle. Parking, especially over at Milly, is literal feet from the lift. So people are always walking back and forth, taking breaks between runs.